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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, March 14,2004
Deaths
Dixie Dyer Dobra
Dixie Dyer Dobra, 61, of
Sugar Hill died Thursday,
March 11, 2004. Mrs. Dobra
was a native of Alabama and
lived in the area of the past 36
years. She was a member of
Shadowbrook Baptist Church,
served as pianist of Georgia
Mountain CFO Christian
Camps for several years and a
member of Bosom Buddies.
Survivors include her hus
band, David Dobra of Sugar
Hill; daughters and sons-in-law,
Andrea (Dobra) and Tom
Moore of Lawrenceville,
Katherine (Dobra) and Brad
Williams of Cumming; grand
children, Kaitlin and Susannah
Moore of Lawrenceville, Olivia
and Ava Williams of Cumming;
brothers and sisters-in-law,
Leon and Clydene Dyer of
Odenville, Ala., Douglas and
Lynn Little of Birmingham,
Ala., James 11 and Elaine Little
of Pelham. Ala.; sister, Mary
Ann Webb; nieces, nephews
and cousins also survive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday. March 14, at 2 p.m. at
the Shadowbrook Baptist
Church in Suwanee with the
Rev. Bobby Linkus officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Gardens in Buford.
Hamilton Mill Memorial
Chapel and Gardens was in
charge of the arrangements.
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March 14. 2004
Royston J. Holtzclaw
Mr. Royston J. Holtzclaw,
74, of Dawsonville died
Thursday, March 11. 2004. Mr.
Holtzclaw. a native of Forsyth
County, was a member of Zion
Hill Baptist Church. He was
preceded in death by his wife.
Martha Holtzclaw; daughter,
Patty Holtzclaw; son. Royston
Holtzclaw Jr.
Survivors include his chil
dren. Gail Holtzclaw. Brenda
Callahan. Barbara and Alvin
Densmore, all of Dawsonville;
seven grandchildren; five step
grandchildren; three great
grandchildren; sisters-in-law,
Marcell Holtzclaw, Roselee
Holtzclaw. both of Dawsonville;
and other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday. March 13. at the
Ingram Funeral Home Chapel
with the Revs. Carlton Coker,
Edward Callahan. Albert Kyle
and Tommy Picklesimer offici
ating. Interment followed in the
Coal Mountain Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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March 14. 2004
Betty Head Rutledge
Mrs. Betty Head Rutledge,
67, of Cumming died Thursday,
March 12,2004.
Survivors include her chil
dren. Stan and Carla Rutledge,
Patty and Mike Miller, all of
Cumming, Scott Rutledge of
Buford; 14 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; sisters,
Vivian Payne of Atlanta, Dot
Popham of Douglasville, Ruby
Hancock of Rex, Beatrice
Bailey of Jonesboro; brothers.
Leßoy Head of Winder,
Franklin Head of East Point,
Bobby Head of Atlanta; nieces,
nephews and other relatives also
survive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday, March 14, at 3 p.m. at
the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
with the Revs. Ricky Stepp,
Thomas Terry, Glen Phillips
and Bobby Pirkle officiating.
Interment will follow in the Mt.
Calvary Baptist Church
Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends at the church on Sunday
at 1 p.m. until the time of serv
ice.
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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March 14, 2004
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Robert Jinks
Mr. Robert Jinks, 65, of
Alpharetta died Thursday,
March 11, 2004.
Survivors include his daugh
ters and son-in-law, Sherry
Jinks of Simpsonville, S.C.,
Pam and Steve Trotter, Wanda
Blackwell, all of Cumming;
son, Scottie Jinks of Hampton;
brothers. Clay Jinks of Smyrna,
Leroy and Bobbie Jinks of
Dawsonville; grandchildren,
Bridget Marshall, Abby
Chester, Matthew Trotter, Elijah
and Erin Brown; nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were
Saturday. March 13, at 2 p.m. in
the funeral home chapel with
the Revs. Bobby Payne and
Danny Hyatt officiating. Burial
followed in the Green Lawn
Cemetery.
Louie E. Jones Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
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Johnny Alfred
Pritchard 111
Mr. Johnny Alfred Pritchard
111, 60, of Dawsonville died
Thursday. March 11. 2004. He
was an avid hunter and fisher
man.
Survivors include his wife
40 years, Lois Pritchard of
Dawsonville; children. Sherry
and Gary Millholland. Tina
Pritchard. John and Michelle
Pritchard, all of Dawsonville;
nine grandchildren; brothers
and sisters-in-law. Donnie and
Janet Pritchard. Randy and Sue
Pritchard, all of Greensboro,
Michael and Patty Pritchard of
Conyers, sisters and brothers-in
law. Beverly Queen. Barbara
Futrail. Brenda and Ricky Beck.
Connie Pritchard, all of
Covington; and other relatives
also survive.
Memorial services were
Saturday. March 13. at the Zion
Temple Church of God with the
Rev. Marvin Ellis officiating.
Ingram Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangements.
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March 14. 2004
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Margie Atkinson Ray
Mrs. Margie Atkinson Ray,
78. of Cumming died Thursday,
March 11, 2004. Mrs. Ray was
born in Hapeville on Jan. 8,
1926, and was a member ot Ben
Hill Presbyterian Church. She
attended Atlanta schools, and
graduated from Crawford
County High School in Roberta,
returning to Atlanta to work in
the accounting department at
Southern Railway Company.
Mrs. Ray was a Brownie and
Girl Scout Leader for many
years, and retired from the
Marietta Eye Clinic in 1988,
allowing her to follow her inter
ests in gardening, crafts and
writing and publishing poetry’.
Survivors include her hus
band of 57 years. Frank T. Ray
Jr. of Cumming; daughter and
son-in-law. Lisa and Manny
Baeza of Cumming; grand
daughters. April Holly Baeza.
Melody Ray Baeza, both of
Cumming; brothers, Glenn
Atkinson of Locust Grove, J.R
Atkinson of White Plains. Md..
C.V. Atkinson of Palm Desert.
Calif.; brother- and sister-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. Leon G. Ray
of Stephen City. Va.; sisters-in
law, Sara Anne Atkinson of
Lawrenceville, Carolyn
Atkinson of Lithia Springs;
many nieces, nephew s and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral services will be
Sunday. March 14, at 3 p.m. at
the Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Albert E.
Simmons officiating. Interment
will follow in the Sawnee View
Memorial Gardens. t
Ingram Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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March 14. 2004
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JURY from 1A
Forsyth County Clerk of
Courts Doug Sorrells said the
grand jury made its decision
after touring all of the county
facilities. Presently, the clerk
has records stored in the court
house basement and attic, in a
trailer on the courthouse lawn,
in the former Stone Furniture
Store building, and in a com
mercial storage facility on
Pilgrim Mill Road.
“I would like to see it done
immediately,” said Sorrells,
when asked about the need for a
task force. "If there is no action
taken, 1 will probably have to go
to the commissioners to see if
they have some kind of perma
nent or temporary solution.”
Some of the county’s oldest
court records are stored at
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the following intersections:
Buford Dam and Samples
roads, McGinnis Ferry and
Old Alpharetta roads,
McGinnis Ferry and
Christopher Robin roads, and
a traffic signal at Hwy. 9 and
Hwy. 306.
While the special purpose
sales tax funds have fallen
short of projected amounts,
the county government’s other
1-percent sales tax that funds
maintenance and operational
costs in the general fund is
ahead of what was projected,
Quesenberry said.
County staff forecasted the
amount each of the sales taxes
was expected to generate
almost a year apart. In March
Shrimp recalled from Kroger
Georgia Commissioner of
Agriculture Tommy Irvin on
Friday asked consumers to be
on the lookout for some white
shrimp sold by Kroger which
may contain sulfites, an ingredi
ent not listed on the label.
“A routine sample taken by
one of our inspectors was tested
in our laboratory and revealed
that the shrimp contained sul
fites above tolerance levels and
did not list sulfites on the pack-
Pilgrim Mill Storage, a com
mercial storage facility. Each
record that has to be retrieved
from the off-site facility results
in a $5.00 charge per record.
Sorrells said the charge has to
be paid by the person or agency
requesting the record.
The clerk said that comput
ers have lessened the amount of
paperwork.
“I have put in everything 1
can to eliminate paper copies,”
he said. “1 can make a lot of
documents available to the pub
lic over both computer and over
the Internet.”
Sorrells said that state law
requires him to maintain an
original copy of most docu
ments filed with his office.
"They are supposed to be in
2003, voters approved the
extension that’s projected to
generate $l6O million through
a span of five years for proj
ects including road improve
ments and parks and recre
ation facilities.
Projections for the other 1-
percent sales tax that the state
allows municipalities to col
lect were calculated last fall as
county administrators pre
pared the 2004 budget which
included a 2 mill property tax
increase for homeowners.
Quesenberry said the prop
erty taxes are “right on sched
ule" along with other sources
of revenue including fines,
forfeitures, licenses and per
mits.
age label.” said Irvin.
The shrimp is Kroger White
Shrimp, Raw-Headless-Shell-
On, packaged in 16-ounce plas
tic bags with a Use By Date of
121204 A31703C and a UPC
code 11110-96600.
The affected shrimp are lim
ited to one production run which
included one roll of packaging
film that did not list the ingredi
ents including sulfites.
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a controlled environment and
fireproof vault of some kind.”
Sheriff Ted Paxton said that
his officers and administrators
are spread out though 13 build
ings in the county.
“I haven’t seen the present
ment yet,” said Paxton. “But I
certainly welcome any positive
help in addressing our space
problem.”
Paxton’s office spent more
than $600,000 to house jail
inmates in other counties during
2003.
“Regardless of the vote, the
need did not go away,” he said.
In addition to the outsourc
ing of inmates, Paxton said that
his office paid approximately
$65,000 for rental offices during
the past year.
“Everything else [except
the sales tax extension] looks
like it’s on track,”
Quesenberry said.
Impact fee collections have
generated more than $550,000
for the county government
since the beginning of the
year, Quesenberry said.
Those fees are paid by
developers to fund specific
capital needs of libraries,
parks and recreation and pub
lic safety departments that will
support the growth in popula
tion caused by new business
and residential projects.
“We’re now doing some
evaluations on how to start
using those dollars,”
Quesenberry said.
recalled the product. Other runs
of this shrimp list all the ingredi
ents and are unaffected by the
recall. The shrimp was distrib
uted to Kroger stores in Georgia.
Sulfites are a preservative
used in many products.
However, people who have an
allergy or sensitivity to sulfites
run the risk of serious or life
threatening allergic reaction if
they consume products contain
ing them.